Dairy Produce
For all lines of dairy produce, with the exception of honey, there has been a good demand. Butter is still coming forward in good supplies, and the surplus, amounting…
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Farming & the land, 1918
488 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 25
Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce
Satisfactory business is reported by most wholesale merchants. The demand has been good in most lines. Some apprehension is felt with regard to the amount of shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. the Ghost Laid.—our Farmers in the City.—sydney Versus Melbourne.—25,000 Gallons of Whisky.—something for Certain Soldiers.—less Speed with Motor Cars.—the Red Cross.—"a Widow's" Complaint.—metal Gatherers. Sydney
The Show's the thing, and once more it is magnificent. But men are thinking just now of more than cattle and horses. Observe this! The little remark in the…
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It is reported from Berne that the Austrian newspapers state that a hundred waggons of wheat were recently sent to revictual the Austrian troops in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast Complaint Dairy Farmers and Trains SYDNEY
The train service between Casino and Grafton was reduced during the strike. A deputation to the Minister for Works to-day complained of the curtailment of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. That Great Message.—awaiting a Lead.—the Booming War Loan.—advice to the Farmers.—people Who Have Never Heard of Us.—the Commercial Travellers and Languages.—and Still the Bags Go.—a Returned Soldier.—the Gallipoli Decoration. Sydney
A returned officer, deriving his cue from a publicist, says that the city's mood seems to be one of eternal pleasure. He is as mistaken as the other who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prayer Farm Confident American Community
Up among the hills of beautiful Warminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, there is a man whose confidence in the efficacy of prayer is such that he believes it quite…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep Pests Combating Maggot Flies
The Minister for Agriculture (the Hon. W. C. Grahame), In reviewing the wort of his department for the season 1917-18 in combating the sheep maggot fly pest,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Here and There Wheat Charges
Aberdeen branch of the Primary Producers' Union has learned from the central executive of their success in having the handling charges for wheat reduced in New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Again Ignored Newcastle and Wool Temporary Storage Scheme
The Aberdeen branch of the Primary Producers' Union strongly criticised the proposal to establish a temporary wool store at Wentworth Park, Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Storage Strong Newcastle Protest Wentworth Park Scheme
The subject of the proposed erection of Federal wool stores in Wentworth Park, Sydney, was brought under notice at the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Produce. Potato Growing
Experiments were, in 1917, conducted at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, that have a bearing on a problem frequently diseased in Victoria. The shortage of seed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dairy Produce
There he been a good demand for most lines of dairy produce. Butter continues in good supply, and is selling well…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce
The Easter holidays have been responsible for the dislocation of business to a certain extent, and this week the volume of trade has been small, orders being only of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Storage Sydney Centralising Chamber of Commerce Indignant
Fresh discussion took place at the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce council meeting on Friday, and again at a meeting of the sub-committee this morning,…
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The sub-committee of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce appointed to deal with the handling of wool held a meeting yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Produce in Newcastle Butter Supply Decreasing
The egg market in Newcastle was firm this morning. Guaranteed new-laid lots brought 2s 2d a dozen, while case descriptions were being sold at 1s 6d to 1s 8d a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle for Wool Storage
The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce has adopted a perfectly reasonable attitude in renewing the agitation for local storage conveniences to be used for northern district Wool and wheat. The obstinate refusal of the Federal Government and the Central Wool Committee to take advantage of these facilities has hitherto been based on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Storage in Sydney. the Newcastle Complaint. Sydney
Mr. W. G. Ashford, the State Minister for Lands, referred to-day to the protest of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce against the alienation of portion of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat or Meat Cabinet Decision Local Government Bill SYDNEY
The State Cabinet had a meeting to-day. Subsequently Mr. Holman stated that the Cabinet had come to a decision affecting the producers of the country generally, and…
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